Cast Your Vote For America's Next Great Band.Business Editors & Entertainment Writers IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002 Top 10 "Opportunity Rocks" Finalists Await AWAIT, crim. law. Seems to signify what is now understood by lying in wait, or way-laying. the Public's Choice to Determine Which Lucky Band Will Open for The Goo Goo Dolls Dolls pedophobia, paedophobia an abnormal fear of dolls. planganologist a collector of dolls. and Hoobastank Competing for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to be the opening act for The Goo Goo Dolls and Hoobastank, 10 of the best unsigned bands An unsigned band is a rock band that has not been signed to a record label. Bands that release their own material on self-published CDs can also be considered unsigned bands. Often unsigned bands primarily exist to perform at concerts. from across the country have been named as finalists in the first-ever "Opportunity Rocks" competition, sponsored by Nokia and T-Mobile. Out of nearly 700 entries, these bands were chosen as the local winners of live battle-of-the-band competitions in ten cities over the past three weeks: -- Army of Me (Washington, D.C.) -- Red Tape Poetry (Dallas, TX) -- Jonny Lives (New York, NY) -- Cruiserweight (Austin, TX) -- Averi (Boston, MA) -- Shadowbox (Minneapolis, MN) -- Uncrowned (Atlanta, GA) -- Tickertapeparade (Tempe, AZ) -- My Epiphany (Nashville, TN) -- Mayday (Seattle, WA) And now, the fate of these bands is in the hands of the American public who are encouraged to log on to http://www.opprocks.com and cast their votes. Fans can listen to each band's music and view photos before voting for their favorite group. Voting is happening now and continues through November 7, 2002. The results of the public vote will determine the grand prizewinner prize·win·ner n. One that wins a prize. prizewinner n → premiado/a prizewinner prize n → gagnant(e) , who will open for The Goo Goo Dolls and Hoobastank at a private concert in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on November 16, 2002. Nokia and T-Mobile will also award the grand prizewinner the opportunity to acquire up to $15,000 worth of music equipment. Free tickets for this exclusive event will be distributed beginning November 4th (while supplies last) at select T-Mobile stores in the Los Angeles area to anyone who checks out a Nokia mobile phone. Log on to www.opprocks.com for the list of store locations. Fans nationwide also have the opportunity to win. Voters can enter into a sweepstakes sweepstakes, contest or race, usually a horse race, on which a lottery is run. Prizes are awarded to the holders of winning tickets. In the case of a horse race, the draw is made from the names of all the horses entered in the race and vast numbers of blanks. online at www.opprocks.com for the chance to win one of 10 trips for two to Los Angeles and tickets to the concert. A guitar autographed au·to·graph n. 1. A person's own signature or handwriting. 2. A manuscript in the author's handwriting. tr.v. au·to·graphed, au·to·graph·ing, au·to·graphs 1. by members of both The Goo Goo Dolls and Hoobastank will also be given away as part of the sweepstakes. |
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